james murdoch and rebekah brooks were friends of cameron. and they had another friend inside number ten. after he resigned from the news of the world, andy coulson had been hired by david cameron as his communications director. >> i think they thought, "that's it, we've got our guys in. now the priority is to get the bsky bid through because that's our commercial priority," and that was launched within a month of cameron getting in. >> bergman: it seemed only a matter of time before murdoch would get permission from the government to take full control of sky television. but there were a few dissident voices. >> the evidence of endemic abuse is growing by the day. >> bergman: notably, labour mp m watson. >> the barons of the media are the biggest beasts in the modern jungle. they laugh at the law. they sneer at parliament. they have the power to hurt us, and they do with gusto and precision. >> every friend and advisor i spoke to in 2009-10 said, "you're not going to get to the truth of this. there are too many people at the top with a vested